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Originally Posted by cltrich
What are you going to complain about? Since your first post on this forum compared the rakes of all different cruise lines, you obviously knew what the rake was going to be before you got on the ship, and I assume when you booked your trip. If you took the cruise because they told you there was poker on the ship, but they conveniently left out that the rake was 5x what you'd expect to pay at most casinos, that would be one thing.
I'm sure NCL executives are aware that charging a rake that high lowers the demand for poker. They just feel that even if they'd get twice as many tables (or whatever they project they'd get) if they charged a reasonable rake, they'd make less money. Heck, I bet some of the people that don't play poker because the rake is so high end up playing blackjack instead.
Settle down!
I took this cruise because my wife wanted to do the Panama Canal, and the Norwegian had the best price and timing. I didn't take it for the poker (although I was hopeful of getting into a private game . . . )!
And I seriously doubt that the NCL executives know how the rake is killing the NL cash game. An interesting theory, that folks who don't have poker to play will blow money playing blackjack. I certainly didn't -- not sure how the cruise line can know that one way or the other. What I do know for sure is that almost every night I walked through the casino between 9 PM and 11 PM there was a dealer sitting at an empty poker table. Not sure how that can possible benefit the casino, since they have to feed and pay that dealer. It seems a no-brainer that, if they need to charge such a high rake to feed and pay a live dealer, they would be better off putting in the electronic poker table and actually have folks playing it.
And I apologize that I made a "first post" on this issue, if for some reason that upset you . . . .